Personal hygiene and physical training for women

by Anna M. Galbraith

II. Heart and Circulatory System.

Examination of heart negative, with absence of murmurs	97.5	per cent.
Action of heart weak	54.0	” ”
Pulse weak and rapid	50.0	” ”
Subnormal blood-pressure	63.0	” ”
Anemia present	55.0	” ”
Normal condition of veins	95.0	” ”
Subnormal temperature	40.0	” ”
Class average	7.5	” ”

III. Lungs and Chest Development.

Examination of lungs negative, with normal frequency and character of respiration	97.0	per cent.
Subnormal chest girth in relation to height and weight, of 5¼ inches	87.0	” ”
Subnormal chest expansion of 1 inch	82.0	” ”
Subnormal lung capacity, measured by spirometer, 45 cubic inches	75.0	” ”
Unhealthy condition of nose and throat (postnasal catarrh or enlarged tonsils)	20.0	” ”
Class average	7.5	” ”

IV. The Digestive System.

Gastro-intestinal indigestion was present in	35.0	per cent.
Hepatic congestion with tendency to bilious attacks	20.0	” ”
Constipation	33.0	” ”
Catarrhal appendicitis (operation at once advised)	4.0	” ”
Class average	8.5	” ”

V. The Kidneys.

Urinalysis negative in	96.0	per cent.
Slight traces of albumin (with hyaline casts in 2 per cent.)	4.0	” ”
Floating kidney	0.8	” ”
Class average	9.6	” ”

VI. The Generative Organs and Menstrual Function.

Pelvic organs normal	33.0	per cent.
History, menstrual periods normal	38.5	” ”
Displacements and inflammation, uterus	67.0	” ”
Accompanied by falling and inflammation of ovaries in	12.0	” ”
Hemorrhoids	3.0	” ”
Fibroid tumors	1.5	” ”
Dermoid cyst	75.0	” ”
Operations advised for retroflexed uterus and curetage	1.5	” ”
Dilatation and curetage	1.5	” ”
Class average	7.5	” ”